Young dogs opening up

[c.parnell]

I’ve got a pair of pups that are brothers, just under a year old and turning on very well, both pups will wind off of the rig and both will cast and run a track, only problem is when you run them together they are wide open, I mean every breath, I have always had closed mouth dogs and have no experience with open dogs, these pups are out of closed mouth dogs that I have hunted with for years, so my question is do you think they will ever shut up or gonna stay open?

[Pwilson_10]

Lot of time pups will bark chasing other dogs cuz they are falling behind take them by there self and turn a hog out and let them find it and see if they open that will tell u what there doing I have had a lot of hounds do that then I start hunting them alone then they quit and then I start hunting them with older dogs again


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[Pwilson_10]

And if u keep hunting them together and they keep barking they will learn that it’s ok or think that is how there suppose to do it


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[c.parnell]

They don’t seem to do it near as bad when it’s just one of them running with my older dogs

[t-dog]

Sounds like they are feeding off of one another. It's almost like a competition. At the very least, quit hunting try them together until they mature more. It's kinda monkey see monkey do with pups or young dogs.

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[TheRednose]

What breed of dogs are they?

[c.parnell]

They are 3/4 catahoula 1/8 bmc 1/8 plott

[Shotgun66]

Sounds like you have a couple nice young prospects. Good problems! If you want them to be silent, the best thing to do is to split them up and run them with a single, silent finished dog. Run them like this until they start out striking the finished dog or split baying from them. After that, hunt them alone for a while if you can. They will become what they will be this way. After this, hunt them together and see what happens.
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If they are racehorsing each other as young dogs, they may continue to compete with each other BUT they will do their best work this way. We all step up our game when we have worthy competition. They will either pack together and be awesome or they will split bay from each other. Not bad either way!
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The little bit of Plott in them could cause them to bark on hot tracks and jumped hogs regardless of what you do. If the Cat blood is any kind of open, the chances of this increase.  If they can move a track and stay hooked, who cares if they bark or not?
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They should end up pretty tight mouthed being 7/8 cur. I say this with no exposure to these lines of dogs. Hope you find it helpful.


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[c.parnell]

Shotgun66, that’s my plan, start running them one at a time with one of my finished dogs. Like you said, when they are together it turns into a completion between them and the other night I think it was a competition to see who could bark the most while running a track.... their grandmother was 1/2 cur 1/2 plott but she was silent, on the cat side I have hunted with their granddad, dad, uncles aunts and older half siblings and they are all also silent

[Reuben]

Usually with time they will quiet down quite a bit...I don’t mind open dogs that stick as long as it takes...

[chipolariverman]

They are 3/4 catahoula 1/8 bmc 1/8 plott

I sure like that set up.  The 1/8 plott should give them some nose.

[c.parnell]

Yes sir, so far they seem to have pretty good noses, they will get out there pretty far, and got a little gritt to em

[Goose87]

Like has already been mentioned, they are trying to one up each other and they are both feeding off each other's barking, and excitement, if you split them up and pair them up with an older seasoned dog Id just about guarantee they will quiet on down...